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Announcement: Co-editors Needed for the Journal Regulation & Governance; Apply by Nov 15, 2024

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Co-editors Needed for Regulation & Governance

Deadline for applications: November 15, 2024

At the end of 2024, David Levi-Faur will be stepping down as co-editor of Regulation & Governance, after nearly two decades of dedicated service to the academic community. We are looking for two new co-editors to work together with the remaining editorial team members, Alketa Peci (Fundação Getulio Vargas) and Yves Steinebach (University of Oslo).

Candidates should be renowned researchers in any of the journal’s main areas of interest (political science, socio-legal studies, psychology, criminology, sociology, organization and public management, management, economics, or other parts of the social sciences), who have the passion to continue to drive the journal forward.   To complement the strengths of the existing editorial team members, we particularly look for applicants with an interdisciplinary, comparative, and theoretically-driven lens who have backgrounds in sociology,  criminology, management, economics, psychology, or law and who have significant experience with interdisciplinary research on regulation.  

We strongly encourage applications from women and members of other historically marginalized groups or categories.  The current co-editors are based in Europe and Latin America, and we would welcome applications that further internationalize the journal.   Previous experience as an editor or in comparable activities is an important asset.  

All co-editors will jointly hold responsibility for editorial governance and oversight on submissions for papers assigned to them, including managing peer review processes and making decisions on acceptance/rejection of manuscripts.   Together, the editorial team will collaborate on matters of editorial strategy and establish a governance framework and division of labor.

Becoming a co-editor is a rewarding and fulfilling experience in which you can contribute to the vibrancy of the journal, help shape an interdisciplinary field of research, and gain recognition for your contributions.  

The post will initially be for a period of three years (renewable). We hope to have new co-editors in place by January 2025, though somewhat later starting dates will be considered if necessary.

About the Journal
Regulation & Governance is the leading journal dedicated to the study of regulatory governance. The journal publishes interdisciplinary research on regulation, governance, and emerging associated challenges worldwide, with broad implications beyond geographic and intellectual boundaries.

Key Skills and Attributes

·      A record of scholarly excellence in any of the fields covered by Regulation & Governance.

·      Strong knowledge of the relevant scholarly communities, in order to facilitate effective and timely peer review

·      Confidence in engaging with authors and researchers.

·      Commitment to ensure manuscripts are considered in a prompt, consistent and professional manner.

·      Passion to promote and continuously develop the journal.

Application Instructions
If you wish to apply for the position of co-editor for Regulation & Governance, please submit your academic CV and a very brief letter of interest (1-2 pages) via email to alketapecirg@gmail.com

Deadline for applications: November 15, 2024

We are planning to hold interviews online during the last week of November. 

If you have any questions about the role of co-editor, please feel free to contact the journal’s co-editors, Yves Steinebach (yves.steinebach@stv.uio.no), Alketa Peci (Alketa.Peci@fgv.br) and David Levi-Faur (levifaur@mail.huji.ac.il). The final selection will be conducted by a selection committee, which includes the three current editors, as well as Benjamin van Rooij (University of Amsterdam) and Tim Bartley (Georgetown University).

Call for Abstracts: The Organization of Illegal Marketplaces; Institute of Sociology, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland; Due Dec 1, 2024

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PAPER DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP (PDW)

THE ORGANIZATION OF ILLEGAL MARKETPLACES

April 3 & 4, 2025, Institute of Sociology, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland

Abstract Submission:
Please send an abstract of 500 words and a short biographical note to gdumont@emlyon.com and loic.pignolo@unisg.ch by December 1, 2024. Notification of acceptance will be sent by January 1, 2025.

Papers must be submitted by March 6, 2025. There is no registration fee. They will cover lunch on both days and the dinner on the first day. Partial grants for travel and accommodation can be provided to a small number of participants with limited resources. Please indicate if you require financial support. Participation in the workshop is open to all upon registration.

Please click on the link for more details: https://oowsection.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cfp-pdw-the-organization-of-illegal-marketplaces.pdf

Organizing Committee:
Loïc Pignolo, Universität St. Gallen, Switzerland
Guillaume Dumont, Emlyon Business School, France

Illegal marketplaces are “organized places, whether physical (e.g., a weekly trading event in the town square) or virtual (e.g., an electronic platform, such as Etsy) for ztrade” (Aspers and Darr, 2022; p.824). They operate based on shared norms, roles, meanings, and routines implemented by marketplace organizers or derived from mutual adjustment among actors, thereby shaping trade in important ways (e.g., Aspers and Darr, 2022; Dewey and Buzzetti, 2024; Tzanetakis, 2018; Tzanetakis et al., 2016). They offer the means to facilitate illegal transactions and provide opportunities and sources of power for marketplace organizers through place-based cooperation, gathering of people, infrastructure, digital technologies, and/or pooling of resources. No less importantly, they are a focus of attention for policymaking and law enforcement, with most state institutions striving to eradicate them (e.g., Beckert and Dewey, 2017; Coomber et al., 2019; Gottschalk, 2010; Paoli, 2014).

Whether online or offline, illegal marketplaces are places where the dynamics of markets, illegality, state institutions, vulnerability, and power intersect, raising important questions that have yet to be addressed by the emerging stream of scholarship in this field: What social, spatial, and technological conditions allow for the emergence of illegal marketplaces? How are they organized to face the coordination problems associated with illegality? Who are the organizers, how do they make decisions, and what resources do they use? How do they help to set prices, facilitate product supply, and protect traders? Who are the market participants, and how is power distributed among them? What are the differences between online illegal marketplaces and physical ones?

This third edition of the “Ethnographies of Illegality” Paper Development Workshop (PDW) will focus on selected organizational and managerial aspects of illegal marketplaces. We welcome proposals that investigate illegal marketplaces using ethnographic and, more broadly, qualitative approaches and address one or more of the following four themes.

Regulation: Illegal marketplaces are legally embedded, making the study of regulations and legal frameworks crucial for understanding them. The fourth theme explores the relation between illegal marketplaces and their local regulatory contexts. We encourage authors to uncover the complexity of the relation between state institutions and law enforcement agencies, their role in shaping markets, and marketplaces’ organizational, spatial, and working characteristics.

By exploring these themes across contexts and activities, the workshop aims to produce new knowledge in three areas: the infrastructure(s) and organizations that enable illegal marketplaces to emerge, grow, and transform; the contemporary cultural forms of illegal exchange in different geographical locations; and the differences and similarities between illegal marketplaces and their legal counterparts.

Organization: The operation of illegal marketplaces requires organizational structures, governance, and cultures, as well as conventions, maintenance, and development strategies. This theme focuses on the organizational aspects, particularly the organizational forms, rules, monitoring mechanisms, and sanctions enabling the operation of illegal marketplaces, as well as the socialization of market participants, their coordination problems, and power distribution.

Space: Illegal marketplaces are often located at the intersection of online and offline spaces. This theme focuses on rethinking the notion of space in relation to illegal marketplaces. We encourage authors to consider how market participants appropriate specific spaces and places to develop their activities and how multiple spaces are intimately connected in the design and operation of marketplaces.

Work: Illegal marketplaces involve the work and labor of different actors. This third theme will approach the activities and tasks performed in markets and marketplaces through the conceptual lens of work, allowing for the exploration of essential aspects of their functioning, such as the division of labor, labor relations among actors, consequences of organizational elements for their working conditions and careers, and meaning of their work.